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It's heavily ironic that you see Jamie Raskin and others speaking in these constitutional terms when, functionally, USAID has been operating outside congressional oversight and specific appropriations as to what they are doing for decades,
I think everyone in the world knows exactly what USAID is, no matter what part of the political spectrum they are on,
Mike Howell, executive director of the Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project, told the Washington Examiner, echoing the White House’s critiques While we don’t agree on all issues, we wholeheartedly agree that USAID and America’s foreign assistance programs are vital to our interests, that the career men and women of USAID have served each of us well, and that it is the duty of the Administration and Congress to swiftly protect the Agency’s statutory role,
wrote Samantha Power, Gayle Smith, Andrew Natsios, J. Brian Atwood and Peter McPherson Failure to maintain the global engagement that foreign aid enables, to honor the men and women of our civilian service as we do those in the military, or weaken and even destroy the Agency is to the benefit of neither political party and the detriment of all Americans,
USAID may move, reorganize, and integrate certain missions, bureaus, and offices into the Department of State, and the remainder of the Agency may be abolished consistent with applicable law,
he told lawmakers earlier this week We’re left with very little recourse, which is unfortunate, because they’re going to lose a tremendous workforce, and at the end of the day, America doesn’t win. If USAID closes, America loses,
My best reading of the law is that although the president could direct greater coordination of USAID with the State Department and maybe even transfer some functions, he cannot unilaterally abolish the agency by executive order,
said Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School USAID has so many things that, the truth is, yes, it is better they close it. And that, in any case, if there is going to be aid for different types, they should open other types of channels; that they be transparent, that is the issue, the big issue,
said Sheinbaum in her Tuesday morning press conference The elimination of these programs would not only harm individuals and groups in Mexico but could undermine the current administration’s approach to migration, weakening efforts to address the root causes of migration, such as crime and insecurity,
While marketed as support for development, democracy, and human rights, the majority of these funds are funneled into opposition groups, NGOs with political agendas, and destabilizing movements,
Bukele wrote on the X media site He [Trump] agreed we should shut it down,
Musk said during a live session on X on Monday Funding has to be looked at, but I would suspect that that's a very small minority of the funding that the U.S. does."
Asked about funding to terrorist-linked groups, Michael, a member of Veterans for Peace, said If the White House would take the time to look at where the funding goes, I think they'd be more than happy with the results and the impact of U.S. taxpayer dollars to make the U.S. safer, stronger, and more prosperous,
said Mary, who is retired I don't want to hear anything about funding until we stop corporate welfare,
one protester, who was wearing a mask, told Fox News Digital Foreign aid is less than 1% of the U.S. budget. So it's a very small monetary number,
We need to be worrying about our people. We're not out here giving money to help our people here and suffering,
I think before we talk about funding that we're sending off to other countries or devoting to poor people in this country that need help,
This is not about getting rid of foreign aid. There are things that we do through USAID that we should continue to do that make sense. And we'll have to decide, is that better through the State Department, or is that better through something, a reformed USAID? That's the process we're working through."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News on February 3: I don't know about you. But as an American taxpayer, I don't want my dollars going toward this crap. And I know the American people don't either. And that's exactly what Elon Musk has been tasked by President Trump to do. To get the fraud, waste and abuse out of the federal government."
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters The disruption to health, food, and educational programs will roll back decades worth of progress in strengthening health systems, in improving educational attainment, and increasing economic development and will exacerbate migration as people try to flee violence, instability, and democratic backsliding in their home countries,
